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[thaumewturge]

[It's a video because Rhel accidentally found the video button and, frankly, could not be arsed to turn it off of video so hey, Libra, enjoy the bespectacled blue-green haired catwoman on your screens!

And please pay no attention the fact that she has been here only a short time and already her Zodiac-provided apartment looks a bit of a mess, what with her bag and its contents and her Alpha mammet scattered on the bed, and the Litwick from the gate hopping around in the background for this entire little deal.

A smile!]

I think I've got this so it will send this to anyone using Libra...My name is Rhel Fashonti, late of Eorzea, for those of who I haven't yet met. I have a question or two that I am hoping someone here can answer. I did use the...Gubal? No, that's in Drav--the Google, but the answers it gave me are a bit unbelievable.

[She actually pulls out a notepad she'd gotten to write down some of this stuff because it is just absolutely bonkers to her what Google said.]

Is it truly only Hyurs--humans--here? Nothing else at all? And most are not capable of magic? Does this world truly lack any form of aether? You've discovered every ilm of your star, save for the lowest depths of the sea? [Flipping to the next page...] Some of these aren't terribly important, they can wait...ah! Yes.

Is your moon truly just a giant lump of rock in the sky? And you're certain?

[This is a valid question, okay? Everyone thought Dalamud was lump of rock and look at how that turned out.]

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[thavnairian]

THE MOON IS FAKE

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[thaumewturge]

Not according to several seemingly trustworthy sources! But surely it's not just a lump of stone?

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[thavnairian]

i don't trust it. the moon could hatch a dragon tomorrow and the news around here would just act like it's a rainstorm because they don't notice these things

i can't believe people haven't figured out what's inside it. i bet at some point we're going to have to fight this planet's stupid fake moon

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[thaumewturge]

How could you not notice a bleeding dragon!

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[thavnairian]

i grabbed someone's hand when i first got here and put it on my ear and she said "wow! what a realistic costume!" they're all completely ignorant. it's probably not even their fault, but still.

because of people who can't tell that we're elezen and miqo'te and throwing magic around, i'm convinced their moon is fake. why else would they have a moon if not to imprison some god they wanted to hide away from the world?

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[thaumewturge]

God or ancient superweapon. At this point I feel it may be about fifty-fifty odds.

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[thavnairian]

exactly!

people might think we're crazy for not trusting the moon, but anyone who was alive during the last calamity knows better.

i don't need to see dalamud's fall with my own eyes to know it messed everything up

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[kokaiwanai]

[Oh no. Kakyoin is very pointedly reaching for coffee as he's responding. He is not caffeinated enough for this conversation.]

I mean I've never personally been there so I couldn't give it to you on that authority but scientists are reasonably sure.

[He wouldn't discount anything about it at this point but he refuses to entertain the thought.]

Regardless of what any conspiracy theorists might say.

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[thaumewturge]

Yes, I did see a few people who seemed not entirely present when I was looking this up. Seemed rather fond of the idea of lizard people.

[Weirdos.]

And I don't wish to doubt the scholars here, but...it's just a bit incredible. Or perhaps I'm paranoid, but after Dalamud's fall I think I could be forgiven for thinking that.

[We're just not going to even touch on what's going on with the other moon. She does not want to have to explain that.]

[kokaiwanai]

[... He has a feeling he'll regret asking, but--]

Dare I ask?

[thaumewturge]

Oh, for the longest we thought our star had two moons. The red moon, Dalamud, turned out to be an ancient Allagan something-or-other designed to hold the primal form of the ancient dragon Bahamut and, if I remember correctly, gather power for the Allagans. A few years ago, someone found the button that would bring Dalamud back to the star and brought about the Seventh Umbral Calamity.

[Just. Blasé as fuck about all of this, yeah.]

[kokaiwanai]

... I see.

[Well. He did ask. There's a lot to unpack there, but why don't we just throw away the whole suitcase!]

... I can see why you would be concerned. As far as we know, the moon is in fact just a lump of rock. I'm prepared to eat my words in the future if it turns out that there's something going on with it, but...

[... He sincerely hopes the moon just. Stays a distant lump of rock. Please, universe, let him have this.]

[thaumewturge]

I will hold you to that, and perhaps start preparing for that likely inevitability. It is never just a lump a rock, no matter what the rock is.

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[onlythankyou]

[Jun is...timidly poking around on this new app,,,]

...I would have corroborated all of that until yesterday. Now I'm not certain I know much of anything.

[thaumewturge]

Oh? Why is that?

[onlythankyou]

Yesterday I saw a phenomenon I was certain could only be viewed this far from the poles under very specific celestial circumstances, and it hasn't stopped. But also yesterday, an arrow flew out of the sky, struck someone, and vanished. The victim was apparently entirely fine and just wandered away. Among other things.

And then this app appeared on my phone and I can't delete it.

[thaumewturge]

[. . .]

Might I suggest speaking with Kakyoin or Zelos or Jun? I'm not from here, as is likely obvious by my ears, and I think one of them may be better suited to explain what is going on.

[onlythankyou]

Kakyoin is a classmate of mine, he helped me yesterday. I'm just having trouble processing it all.

....But my name is Jun.

[thaumewturge]

I spoke to a different one--green hair?

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[four_quarts]

Given past experience, I suspect humans aren't the only people to inhabit this star, or at least weren't at one point. Given how most seem incapable of noticing some glaringly obvious physical features of mine, it seems like hiding would be very easy.

[It's sort of wild, because the ears would be easy enough to hide if it had been necessary, but the whole catlike eyes and large patches of purple scaling situation should've been a dead giveaway that something was up, and yet...]

What I find truly baffling though is that this star's moon does appear to be an uninhabited lump of rock.

[thaumewturge]

[Oh look, another Elezen. Probably not from Eorzea, but all the same.]

It's so odd. I wonder if there's something wrong with most of the people here, that they can't see what is right in front of them.

[four_quarts]

[Humorously, in spite of the ears saying Elezen-adjacent, the truth is Much Weirder.]

Considering how people keep getting pulled in from other worlds, something is wrong, and I imagine that eventually we'll be called to fix it, because when is that ever not the case?

[thaumewturge]

Well, why else would we be here, yes?

[A sigh.]

I will hope that it is simply a magickal mistake but expect it to be intentional somehow.

[four_quarts]

I personally suspect it's a little bit of both, with a high likelihood of a deity being involved somewhere in the process, because there's always a deity involved in some way or another.

[A wry smile.]

But from the way you talk, I imagine you already knew that.

[thaumewturge]

Unfortunately. The number of "deities" [yes with air quotes] I have had to beat over the head, some more than once...